Originally published in the second edition of The Phish Companion, this is a list of the 22 most statistically unusual Phish shows. Determinations were made by the highest “Last Time Played” averages (the average, for each show, of the number of shows since each song in that show was played). Only shows in the previous ten years were considered (to prevent bias from spottier records for earlier years); and Halloween, television, and radio shows were excluded:

1. 10/30/98 - Las Vegas
2. 7/3/99 - Atlanta
3. 5/16/95 - Lowell
4. 10/17/98 - Bridge
5. 9/30/00 - Las Vegas
6. 10/3/98 - Farm Aid
7. 11/2/98 - Salt Lake City
8. 9/29/00 - Las Vegas
9. 6/13/97 - Dublin
10. 2/24/03 - East Rutherford
11. 7/29/98 - Telluride
12. 7/29/98 - Maryland Heights
13. 7/11/00 - Deer Creek
14. 11/27/98 - Worcester
15. 12/30/97 - MSG
16. 7/29/03 - Bugettstown
17. 3/1/03 - Greensboro
18. 12/7/97 - Dayton
19. 11/16/94 - Ann Arbor
20. 12/1/03 - Albany
21. 7/12/00 - Deer Creek
22. 6/16/97 - London

The Coachella (Music and Arts) Festival, Stagecoach and Phish festivals have helped put Indio on the map as a first-class entertainment venue.

Believe it or not…my Joy Box just arrived!

Once there was a guy called ‘The Timer.’ He stood in the front row at every show. He had a clipboard and a stopwatch. He was a brilliant math researcher, getting his Ph.D. at someplace like MIT. Whenever we started to play, he would start his stopwatch. His idea of quality was length. Whenever the jam wasn’t long enough, he would shake his head disapprovingly. So we had to ask him to not stand in the front row anymore. I have since heard that he is still timing everything, but just from the back of the hall

By way of compiling content remnants from the previous version of this site and related projects, we've backdated a number of stories here as blog posts.

But the blog launched with this photo, posted 12/5/09 at noon by Adam.

You gotta run like a naked guy, out of control!

One of the most impressive elements of a Phish concert, aside from the crackerjack light show, is the degree to which fans personally invest themselves in the music. When a song is performed sloppily or a solo doesn’t last as long as it could have, there is an odd sort of familial disappointment, like a son’s embarrassment at his father’s shortcomings. But when the music is strong, it’s like a feedback loop that drives the band higher and higher. You can see it on stage and you can see it in the crowd.

Simplicity is the new mantra for Phish.

"Split Open and Melt", 4/16/92

I'm the overbearing leader type, although I sometimes shy away from that. If Page is the father, I guess I'm the mother.